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Jan. 29, 1924. 1,482,165

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GAME.

I Application filed November 5,1921. Serial No. 513,096.

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Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS, a subject of the King of Great"Britain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Games; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. The presentinvention relates to new and useful improvements in games.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a game based onthe fundamental principles of the ordinary game of poker wherein aplurality of cards are indicated on a board with means provided upon thecards for'engaging and holding a ball,- a series of which, preferablyfive in number, are passed over the surfacesgof the cards, being caughtand held upon the cards to indicate various things correspondin to Ithat of the above mentioned game of po er.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for projectingthe balls upwardly toward the upper end of the board from whence theyroll by gravity toward the lower end thereof, being deflected along:

different lines by means which are attached to the board, causing themto roll over the surfaces of the various card indications until they,"become caught and held in such may contain indication marks designatingthe value. of the various points to be used in playing the game.

A still further object of the invention is I the provision of means forelevatin o end of the board so thattheballs will roll across the surfacethereof.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a game such'asabove referred" to which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and efiicient in use, andreadilyoperated.

Another object of the invention is to pro.-

vide a game which is equally as well adapted for older persons as it isfor children.

With the above and other objects in view,

the present invention resides in the novel features of construction,formations, cmnbinations and arrangements of parts tobe hereinafter,more fullyv described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of the present application, and in which Figure1 is a top plan view of a gam board constructed in accordance with thepresent invention;

the board surface showing a modified form of the retaining means fortheballs including1 three pins arranged toengage the same; an g Figure 8is a detail sectional view showing the pins in side elevation.Referringnow to the accompanying drawings by corresponding characters ofreference throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designates ingeneral my improved which is of substantially rectangular formation,being rounded at its upper end as at 12. A flange 13 extends entirelyaround the board projecting upwardly from the surface thereof to preventthe displacement of the game board which comprises abottom 11 balls fromthe board while playing the game. A covering shown at 14 covers theupper surface of the board within the rectangular portion thereof andhas marked thereon suitable indications which designate the variouscardsin a deck of playing cards, such as shown at 15. A suitableretaining device 16 is placed centrally of each of the cards and isdesigned to engage one of a plurality of balls 17. A channel 18 isprovided at one side of the apparatus and within this channel is mounteda spring actuated plunger 19 provided with a suitable handle 20 by meansof which the said plunger can .be operated to project the balls 17upwardly toward the curved end 12 of the board allowing them to rolldownwardly between the baflle members 21 -which deflects the balls invarious directions, thus making the game one of purely chance. Asuitable pad 22 may be attached to one side of the curved formation isshown at 25 and is secured in position to one of the side flanges 13 bythe dowels 26, which form a channel 27 in which a scale may be placed,such as shown at 28 indicating the value of the Various points which thecards will indicate.

In playing the game the cards count the same as in an ordinary game ofpoker in the following order :One pair, two pair, three of a kind ortriplets, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, and straightflush.

The operator first places all or one or more of the balls 17 in theprojecting device in advance of the plunger 19 and by drawing the handle20 rearwardl the balls are projected toward the curvec end 12 of theoard and allowed to fall downwardly passing over the various cardindications until they are caught and held centrally of the cards. The,player then determines what points he has made by seeing whether he hasgotten one pair, two pair, three of a kind, etc.

One or more trials may be had by the vplayer, that is, after projectingthe balls first, he may remove thosehe does not wish to retain and mayproject the balance over again over the surface of the board which wouldcorrespond to discarding and drawing; additional cards in the usual gameof po er.

- Any suitable elevating device shown at 29 may be attached to thecurved end of the board for giving the same the proper elevation for thebest operation.

From the foregoing description, taken in .connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be manifest that a game board 1s providedwhich will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of such a device,and it should be understood in this connection that various minorchanges in the specific details of construction can be resorted towithin the scope of the appended claim, without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

A certain amount of skill is required in playing the game by pulling thehandle 26 in such manner as to direct the balls with different forceagainst the curved portion of the flange 13.

Having thus fully described the invention,

'what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is Theherein described game board comprising a body portion having a curvedupper end, means for elevating one end of the game board, a flangeextending around said board, a pad attached to the flange, deflectorssecured to the board, a projection mechanism at one side of the board,balls movable over the surface of the board, a covering hand.

- J OHN' THOMAS.

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